Cease, Desist from Branding Public Basic Schools in NPP Colours - Dr. Apaak To Education Minister

The Minister for Education should cease forthwith, and with immediate effect, desist from any further rebranding public basic schools in Ghana in NPP colours.

How can he, at this time of economic crisis in Ghana, be thinking of wasting public resources to repaint public schools in blue and white colours; and introduce wearing of blue and white uniforms in public schools, when 1 million plus public basic school pupils have no access to furniture?

See below, a more detailed list of shared challenges affecting teaching and learning in public basic schools in Ghana by a Headteacher of a basic school:-1.

Schools in urban areas face the uphill task of disposing refuse, because no money to pay waste collectors.According to the Head Teacher, basic school administrators are struggling to manage the affairs of schools, because of inadequate funding, neglect and delay in the releases of the capitation grants, etc.

Spending public time and resources painting schools in Blue and White, and introducing Blue and White uniforms are clearly misplaced priorities.

Besides the overt attempt to brand public basic schools in NPP colours, the only other reason is to create an avenue to award sole sourced contracts to families, friends, and party members.We call on Ghanaians to join us in resisting this needless initiative in the collective interest of the State of the RepublicofGhana.

If the Ministry of Education has funds, advisedly, those funds should go to address the long list of challenges narrated by Heads of public basic schools.

 

 

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